Much has been made about JLW Thudichum's colorful, and one could say clairvoyant,
naming of sphingosine “in commemoration of the many enigmas which it presented to the …

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has emerged as an important tool in the last decade and it
is beginning to show potential to provide new information in many fields owing to its unique …

This biennial review discusses advances in the field of ambient sampling/ionization mass
spectrometry (“ambient MS” for short) in the period ranging from January 2009 to January …

Mass spectrometric imaging allows the investigation of the spatial distribution of molecules
at complex surfaces. The combination of molecular speciation with local analysis renders a …

Covering: up to the end of 2013 New mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) techniques are
gaining importance in the analysis of plant metabolite distributions, and significant …

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has proven to be extremely useful for applications such as
the spatial analysis of peptides and proteins in biological tissue, the performance …

Desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry imaging has become a
powerful strategy for analysis of tissue sections, enabling differentiation of normal and …

Recent developments in atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI), which is one of the
three most important ionization techniques in liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry, are …

Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) allows direct molecular characterization of various raw
food samples with minimal or no sample pretreatment. Because of the excellent sensitivity …

Low-molecular-weight (low-MW) compounds have many essential functions in biological
processes, and the molecular imaging of as many low-MW compounds as possible is critical …